Ballet Swan Lake Fouetée - Nureyew, Fonteyn

[MrMusikkenner]

Absoluter Wahnsinn! Ich habe die beiden 1973 im Govent Garden in London Tanzen gesehen-auch in Schwanensee.Ein Höhepunkt in meinen Leben. Bravo Bravissimo.

[alexandra1234584]

Omg I have danced a great deal in my lifetime, but if I could be as beautiful in my movement as any of the dancers posted I would be so grateful.

[teenovels]

Bravoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!­

[haleysos2010]

Fonteyn and Nureyev...names known everywhere. and whats your name? who are you to critique legends? stop trying to flaunt your 'knowledge' of technique.

[riaroodborst100]

beautiful

[createallow3126]

I love watching humans spin around.. and around ... and around...

[lena3570]

Они прекрасны...И Нуриев и Фонтейн!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!В Нуриева я влюблена БЕЗУМНО.......................­.

[LysBlanco]

C'EST BEAU!! c'Est tellement incroyable de voir ce que ces danseurs peuvent faire! j'adore Fonteyn et Nureyev

[jgh37]

Ah! Fonteyn's awful edited (!!!) fouettee...lol

[liliTchaikovsky]

UAU...:0

[coracleman]

in a thousand years, people will still be saying that Nureyev and Fonteyn set the gold standard for ballet - because they did. They were incredible dancers in their own right, and a fabulous pairing onstage. Pavlova didn't have the technique that they had, but she is still talked about because of what she brought to the dance - not merely technique or precision, but presence, heart and soul. Ditto Nijinsky. And the same goes for Nureyev and Fonteyn.

coraclewoman

[Fuzooky]

I love Fonteyn and nureyev!

[crazy01girl]

he makes it look so easy...

[Yidenia]

Dang it, a lot of their magic just loses itself onscreen. It's like the camera just filters them out, leaving only the technical aspects intact. Barely. I've never seen Fonteyn or Nureyev perform live, I just see videos, so I just hear people talking about how great they were and never really get it. I've yet to be impressed by Fonteyn's performances because my only exposure is their movies and I just can't see much from those :( Oh well. I guess it's good enough that we even have vids of them.

[kabardinka1]

It never ceases to amaze me how people get on YouTube and pick apart the technical aspects of dancers who were legends. Believe it or not, there's a lot more to dance than how high someone's arabesque was or how big a jump they had. They had magic, and without that magic and excitement, musicality and expression, technical perfection is boring and dead. But until you experience that magic first hand, you'll never believe it. :-(

[uclmu2008]

@kabardinka1: Thank you! And: yes! I couldn't agree more. I am also always amazed at those who constantly compare ballet legends as if they were gymnasts ("Baryshnikov was better than Nureyev", or vice versa). This is art. It's not about one goal of perfection that one meets better than another; they just have different takes on it. Why not simply enjoy these takes? Like you said, it's not about the height of jumps or about how many centimetres an extension is, it's about making the piece sing.

[geekchic012]

The thing is, elisaballerina456, it's Margot Fonteyn. It doesn't matter how technically perfect she was. You can't take her eyes off her. Yes, her fouettes weren't fantastically gorgeous, but she has such great stage presence that no one notices.

[phantomphan28]

these guys are just too awesome for words!!!



[tayounorise]

She was always one of my beloved Idols (*:*)

Awsome performance and I love him as well!

*bow*

angela

[guitar4art]

I met her at Dallas Ballet when I was a child. She used to visit the ballet often.

[ckhafagiuk]

she danced until she was 70

[Ballerina2010dk]

@ckhafagiuk was she still a ballerina

[kabardinka1]

Beyond any technique... they just brought so much electricity and sexiness to their dancing. That's something that all the technique in the world can't do. I'd rather watch one minute of this than entire boring Swan Lakes from many contemporary dancers.

[Thenrah]

She's so delicate in her moves. I like it.

[Rico8458]

i always wonder how they dont get dizzy? lol.

[carlyheartsdance]

@Rico8458 the wonderful trick of spotting (; hahaah.

[alexxx566]

Her leg is way too low in her fouettes.

But at her age, doing fouettes en pointe is amazing.

He's perfect.

[elie3689]

i agree. her knee moves down when she extends her leg. but it is still very very impressive at her age.

[roosaaremartin717]

i love this music

[kabardinka1]

This is the original music Tchaikovsky wrote for it. A lot of the music from the original Moscow production was lost when it was sent to St. Petersburg 14 years later and Ivanov/Petipa pieced together their own version using some filler music. Bourmeister used the score with all its original pieces in the original sequence for his production and that's the one they're using here. i also like it a lot better than the music usually used for the 32 fouettes.

[SmilieGirl08]

i wish i could make these piourettes. they are awesome!!! °.°

[deckmei08]

nureyev se escribe con "v" no con "w"

[Ballet33Hottie]

Honesly 4 some reason i didnt like them eather...

[georgeou]

That *WAS* the standard back then in her day. You cannot judge her based on today's standards for technique. Nureyev set a new standard.

[pediatrapaola]

@georgeou IN THAT PERIOD WAS STILL VERY GOOD.BUT ALREADY AROUND 1978 /80 STARTED GOING DOWN ,SAW MANY EMBARASSING PERFORMANCES,BUT WAS RUDY AND PEOPLE ANYWAY LOVED HIM AND WERE CLAPPING.

[catalinaguerrero]

who the fuck are you?

[enneward]

i am me, who are you?

[NosHabebitHumus]

Youmight try to remember that she was over 40 when she began dancing with Nureyev. This video is from 1966 - she was 47 years old. Why don`t you try it at that age!

[enneward]

i probably still will be dancing at that age fucker

[NosHabebitHumus]

As an old fuck to a young fuck let me say,

I hope you go on dancing every day.

I hope you go on dancing decades more,

And, though we cant know what life has in store

(Time only knows the price we have to pay),

I wish you great success along your way..

[enneward]

HELL YES!

[magova2008]

peccato 'sti fouettes...

[Ryan935]

This wasn't one of the best ballets they had together.

Replay the video.

Watch how different they do the turns.

Notice the plie.She does it fast but far not enough.

Rereyev does it faster but melts into the whole floor. And then pushes all the energy back but up.

Which helps him defy gravity.

Which is what you need to do when you are doing jumps or turns.

Fouetee and Rereyev where considered the best partnership of the century.

But they had different technique Royal and Russian.

[Ryan935]

I just noticed I miss spelled her it's Fonteyn. lol

[Ryan935]

and its Rureyev

[Dancefire08]

lol dude! You mested up!

Its Nureyev.

[Ryan935]

I wonder what she was feeling that night because there's got to be a reason why she did that. 20 fouettes instead of 32 kinda strange even if she's old.

[elisaballerina456]

Her fouttes weren't very good but she was old.

I mean she was 20 years older than rudi here.

Her leg was too low.

But HIS! No comment needed! His are absolutely perfect!!!!!

[simplystreeptacular]

@elisaballerina456 That's the beauty of Margot Fonteyn, though - you don't care about her leg or anything else, because she's Margot Fonteyn. She IS dance.

And Fonteyn and Nureyev together - well, that's magic.

[tanitoastro]

@elisaballerina456 shut up!!! i know what you really feel whenyou see this joy of living!!your face turns to green and spite venom!!,you 'd like to be in rudi's arms!!

[tanitoastro]

@elisaballerina456 shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sugarplum239]

27 or 28 fouettes but still pretty incredible

[Ajcano92]

i have got the DVD :D

jeje

[hotwriter36]

She was 46 years old when this was filmed. I commend her for doing as much as was physically possible for her.

[o0LoveTokioHotel0o]

whaaaahw amaaaaazing!

[swanningaround]

You obviously can't count.

[dance10000]

Shes an excelent odile.. What company is this with?

Didnt she become a assoulta?

[thenextfonteyn1829]

She became a prima ballerina assoluta along with Alicia Alonso, Alexandra Danilova, Yvette Chauvire, Mathilde Kschessinska, Phillia Spira, Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Alicia Markova, and Pierina Legnani.